make a fool of (yourself)

to do something which makes you appear ridiculous.

If you're afraid to make a fool of yourself, you will never be a successful performer.

My former husband thought it was fun to make a fool of me.

Related vocabulary: make a spectacle of yourself

• have someone dead to rights
• have someone down on like a ton of bricks
• have someone down on you like a ton of bricks
• have someone in corner
• have someone in sights
• have someone in stitches
• have someone in the palm of hand
• have someone in the palm of your hand
• have someone in your corner
• have someone in your sights
• have someone on a short leash
• have someone on a string
• have someone on a tight leash
• have someone on hand
• have someone on hands
• have someone on the run
• have someone on your hands
• have someone over a barrel
• have someone pegged
• have someone rolling in the aisles
• have someone's ear
• have someone's name on it
• have someone's name written all over it
• have someone's number
• have someone taped